I've been having a lot of fun with this! It took a moment to realise that they still flap while grounded, but it's so nice to have that little extra movement. I'm definitely checking out some of the others. Especially that nasty nest.

If you ever want someone to help with extra frames for a group of sprites, lmk!

I hope you’ll like it)

This mod was the first in a series of animated mods, and now there are already 4 animated factions. If you're interested, take a look at my mods, everything is there.

Enjoy the playthrough!

I really like Qud's natural vibe and try not to use mods that change it too much, so I've never checked out an animation mod before. This will be the first!

The animations, while simple, show a good understanding of biological movement in simple animation. The buzzing insect wings feel especially Correct in that way, though I think there may be only two different timings. I'm excited to see how it all feels in play!

This makes me think that Qud would benefit a simple up-down 'bobbing' movement of any tile in the Flying state. It would give flight a better feeling of presence since it can be difficult to tell what is and isn't flying (including my character) when I miss or misinterpret the up-arrow frame. I'm not sure how that would work, as I haven't started my own modding adventure yet.

Star and Salt Krakens next! These mods are so good!

♥

Minimalistic but useful and attractive. Thanks for putting this together, it's hard to imagine playing without it now.

thank you, its so much nicer to be able to see all those lifesaps now that they move

Clonelings can fly?

That right there proves your mod is good. It conveys something I would never otherwise know.

OMG i love this idea. Thank you for taking the time for animating critters. It brings such life to a game with utilitarian graphics. It makes the world feel more alive.

cheers!

This is an excellent idea, actually. Being able to visually distinguish which things are flying at a glance is tactically useful and makes the game look nice.

I need to watch Chiromorphs and identify conflicts.

...seems like there's an incompatibility issue with the Chiromorphs mod. Instead of displaying the sprite shown for it's thumbnail, the village is populated by tiny bats... which is, uh, not correct, even if it's really cute.
Could this get fixed...?

Excellent! Makes things seem more alive and distinguishes them from the ground mobs. Especially like how the animations aren't overly exaggerated, just enough to make it obvious they're "flying".

Ran into a large cavern filled with bats... terrifying!

I think this needs to be updated again.

Thank you to everyone who liked this mod! This is my only mod that became so popular, and I'm incredibly grateful to all of you. I'm happy that it brought so much joy to everyone :) I’m enjoying the movements myself in every run.

Subscribe to Oozes Animated to make the sprites even livelier :) We’re gradually working on the next animation pack. Let’s keep enjoying the fun!

such a nice touch, awesome. it's kind sad that this isn't in the base game tbh

thank you for the updates!

Thanks to you man! I'm glad this mod resonated so well. Maybe it's worth thinking about adding some more animations for other characters.

this is a really classy little mod, thanks for making it mate
:)

It should work, I guess. Just render merged files there, nothing more.

Hi, can I install it mid-playthrough? I want to try mods but keep my current run. Thanks!

Hehe) I`ll think about it

Idea: The player spite
Explainion: we can have wings mutation and mech wings....

INCREDIBLE job, I have no words

oh my god why is this not base game, 10/10

you can redraw it by yourself, there are just 3 pictures to edit, piece of cake!

U mean the Saps? I think it's in a shadow—lots of sprites in Quadt have shadows shown through transparency because of limited color palettes. Anyway I tried to keep the vanilla sprites intact without going too heavy on creativity. If animated modding becomes a trend, someone else will take it further without me. Just consider this mod as the foundation.

Aren't bats should have left wing's bottom like right one? Like a wing membranes

Simple and effective!

I really like what you did with the plastronoids! your animation perfectly encapsulates the sense of hordes that the plastronoids enforce in the halls of Bethesda Susa! I am very much so looking forward to what you have planned next. No pressure of course, im sure no matter what you make, with the kind of passion and life you have presented here im certain your next mod will once again make my day.

I can't even imagine what kinds of mods will come after people realize they can animate the sprites. This could be a whole new paradigm for modding CoQ.

I know, I know. The last guys don’t have wings and are basically tin cans, but hey—they HOVER, and that totally gives them the right to be here! Making a whole mod just for three sprites is kinda sus, though. So yeah, this time it’s definitely the last update. All the other creatures don’t hover or fly, so you can chill—no more content for this mod.

But the next mod… oh, it’s coming… (mysterious music theme)

ahahah))) I had the same thing with Glowmoth—I thought it was some kinda green blob with legs, tied up in the middle with a ribbon and a cute little bow on top the whole time. And only when I had to figure out how to animate it, I realized the green stuff was actually wings.

THE SAPS ARE SAPPING! I will be completely and brutally honest, I thought the Saps were like Nectar Drinking birds with a long Proboscis (and thats what the yellow bit was), but I like this interpretation much more, and makes them fit in MUCH more with their faction. Thank you once again. I can honestly say this mod has changed how I interpret the creatures of Qud.

Must have. It is truely gem

Thank u all guys`n girls for support and starsies))

For support:
flemingluiz, Kynick2501, Firel, turkler, RozetaMeteor, JubileeGeode, Jerry The Terrorist

Special thanks to:
Doe W - for good idea about blinking stuff, started my next project already, but don`t get it in a hurry
Klomn - for tech support, gonna check legendaries and put some patch if find out how to fix that
Quasimana - love ur sweet ugly userpic)

Woohoo starsies!!!

I think a separate mod would be a good choice, thank you for all your hard work!!

Alright, looks like that’s all the flying creatures available in vanilla. Cool, now I’m gonna take a little break. There’s also a list of five creatures that technically don’t have wings and don’t exactly belong in this pack, yet they FLOAT.

So, let’s decide—should we toss these FLOATING robots into this pack or should I make a separate mod for them?

Keeping this up, guys!
+3 Ruins Flying Creatures!
Keep folowing, gonna finish this stuff up!

Please keep this up! in my opinion, this breathes some much needed life into the game, but done in the most faithful way. Excellent work!

had animated sprite ambitions for something later down the line so thank you so much for figuring out some of the animation nonsense ^^

Wow, thanks for the feedback, guys! I hope this becomes a new wave of animated mods, it’s not too complicated if you take a look at the mod code. (by the way no copyright here so feel free to use this to create even more of the same)

Big thanks to Klomn for the initial tests regarding different types of flyers, I'll keep working on that.

Going to update the mod step by step, according to the wiki there are still around 20 flyers to add.
As for animating other creatures I’m still considering it - I wouldn’t want to turn this magical game into a chaotic moving mess. Let's see how things go after handling the flyers.

Thanks u all again)

Thanks so much for this! Such a nice touch to bring a bit more life to the screen without being too much. Would love to see more :)

I love the mod community in this game. Amazing mod so far.

epic mod

I do note that this does not affect certain things like legendaries, or fungus-ridden flying creatures. As far as I can tell, using crayons won't do much either. Aside from that, I think this mod makes the flying creatures 500 times cuter, and now I want to use a glowcrow as a pet. I wasn't aware you could just animate tiles like this. Though of course there is the caveat that it only applies to the base creatures, I think this is still an excellent addition and Qud is better off with this active! Thank you.

Looking forward to more, especially for those pesky Saps. I think turret animations for blinking lights would be nice, too

Loving these so far!

I think it looks really good, following

how did you do that?